@basco - please edit your posts if you want to add more info and no one has replied, no need for multiple posts in a row.
If you cannot Control+S then either you are not doing it correctly (as a combo/same time), or not getting it timed correctly, reboot and try again.
One of those, or the modules need updated at the BIOS level, not something you do with anything software you've mentioned, this requires a BIOS Mod, which I can do for you

Did you also test >> AddOn Rom Display mode >> Try both "Keep Current" or "Force BIOS"

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #31

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@basco - please edit your posts if you want to add more info and no one has replied, no need for multiple posts in a row.
If you cannot Control+S then either you are not doing it correctly (as a combo/same time), or not getting it timed correctly, reboot and try again.
One of those, or the modules need updated at the BIOS level, not something you do with anything software you've mentioned, this requires a BIOS Mod, which I can do for you

Did you also test >> AddOn Rom Display mode >> Try both "Keep Current" or "Force BIOS"

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@basco - Yes, it may be only certain ones allow you to gain access, however that does seem dumb for them to all show Control+S message if this is truly the case.
Can you currently use PXE/Boot to LAN? Please test, I see this BIOS option and it's disabled by default x2 >> Load Onboard LAN Option ROM 1.
I guess maybe that's something else possibly, the help says to disable LAN, and your LAN is working correct?

Here is mod BIOS with PXE Update from v1.3.40 (I notice, this is not version shown in your image at post #28?) >> To >> v1.5.62
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...826286788822904

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #33

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@basco - Yes, it may be only certain ones allow you to gain access, however that does seem dumb for them to all show Control+S message if this is truly the case.
Can you currently use PXE/Boot to LAN? Please test, I see this BIOS option and it's disabled by default x2 >> Load Onboard LAN Option ROM 1.
I guess maybe that's something else possibly, the help says to disable LAN, and your LAN is working correct?

Here is mod BIOS with PXE Update from v1.3.40 (I notice, this is not version shown in your image at post #28?) >> To >> v1.5.62
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...826286788822904

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This edit has nothing to do with if LAN works or not. Those modules are for PXE boot to LAN/Wake on LAN only
Thanks for new images, that is weird, I wondered why your image didn't even match the version I saw in the stock BIOS, and then thought maybe you found that image instead of it being your actual image.
1.3.22 is not in any of these BIOS, not even the stock one

How are you updating the BIOS, what command? Seems like this is being skipped over, so we need to adjust your flashing options.

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #35

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This edit has nothing to do with if LAN works or not. Those modules are for PXE boot to LAN/Wake on LAN only
Thanks for new images, that is weird, I wondered why your image didn't even match the version I saw in the stock BIOS, and then thought maybe you found that image instead of it being your actual image.
1.3.22 is not in any of these BIOS, not even the stock one

How are you updating the BIOS, what command? Seems like this is being skipped over, so we need to adjust your flashing options.

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@echo off
 
REN AFUDOS.SMC AFUDOS.EXE
 
AFUDOS.EXE  %1 /P /B /N /K /C /R /MEUF
 
REN AFUDOS.EXE AFUDOS.SMC
 
 

these are the possible options:

Well, /P /B /N /K was what I was going to suggest.... This wont matter, but after flash, did you load optimal defaults? If not, you always should.

Lets see if this person knows, he's good with older AMI BIOS. I find it odd that the stock one didn't even flash in before I modified it too, something's missing here in update process/method I think

I'm still wondering if it has anything to do with these settings, why you can't use it, enter PXE options etc, this should cause it to not update/flash the rom area, no matter what these are set to in BIOS.
Can you see these options at Advanced >> PCI/PnP Config >>
Load Onboard LAN Option ROM 1
Load Onboard LAN Option ROM 2

Should be directly below Load Onboard LAN 1 Option Rom Select (Which, even if you can't see, is set to PXE)

@MiesMosel - can you please check stock BIOS for this system, and my mod BIOS (post #33), and maybe tell us why neither the stock PXE rom was flashed in when he last flashed stock BIOS, nor was my updated one flashed in in last two mod BIOS flashes.
PXE Boot screen shows v1.3.22 - stock BIOS contains v1.3.40 - I updated it to v1.5.62
Module ID #20 >> DeviceID 10EF

I can see the two options, and i have enabled them to be able to pxe boot.
I can pxe boot on both LAn ports.
havent loaded optimal defaults, i wil try now.... nope, did a reflah of ntpxe, still the same.

No need to quote me, we're only ones talking here
Thanks for confirming you can see those options, and thanks for confirming you can PXE Boot on LAN.

Hopefully MiesMosel will be able to tell us why it's not updating that option rom!

I see this here >> "If the Configuration Setup Menu does not appear after repeated pressings of Ctrl+S, you were likely not fast enough. In this case, reboot and try again."
https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~brecht/servers/...gnt/trouble.htm

i will keep trying!
but my pxe boot rom does not show the text 'Press Ctrl+S to enter the Setup Menu."
will keep trying anyway.

i tried using a PS/2 keyboard instead of USB... but didn't work..

I didn't notice that about your images, not showing the Control+S, that is funky too! Please dump your BIOS for me so I can look at this 1.3.22 PXE module

This is what that link above says about this, it may be disabled but you should still be able to get in >>

Zitat

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If the Show Setup Prompt has previously been set to Disabled or if the Setup Menu Wait Time option is set to zero seconds, the prompt does not display after POST.
However, even though you are not prompted to press Ctrl+S, you can still enter the Configuration Setup Menu to customize configuration settings as follows:

Repeatedly press Ctrl+S immediately after POST until the Configuration Setup Menu appears.
NOTE: If the Configuration Setup Menu does not appear after repeated pressings of Ctrl+S, you were likely not fast enough. In this case, reboot and try again.

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I've tried pressing CTRL-S on a million different ways right after POST (also before etc).
Here's the bios backup.
It has your mntpxe.rom flashed.
i used:
afudos backup2 /O
to back it up.

That's odd, this contains the v1.5.62 I put in there, so it did flash in... I don't know what's going on now!
Does this board have two BIOS chips, and maybe it's running some stuff off the other one?
Is current in-use microcode the one I updated it to? I think we checked and confirmed that already, but can't remember for sure. We know the updated blacked out logo is being used, I wonder why this rom is not?

yeah, odd.
could it be that some microcodes appear twice within the same bios rom file?
the blacked out image is working.
but how can we make sure the new bios is running?

Some microcode twice in BIOS, what do you mean by that? Here, you can see, only one mircocode for each CPUID, no duplicates

This has nothing to do with microcodes anyway, in case you thought it did

Yes, new BIOS is being used or you wouldn't see the new logo. YOu can check current microcode in use with HWINFo64, in the middle of the little CPU-z like window as you see here